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Relating to the retrieval of wounded deer by use of a registered unmanned aerial vehicle, and providing penalties
Topics:Environment & natural resources
Same legislation: HF 2365
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 29, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 6, 2024
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2365
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2365 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2365 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Hunters with valid licenses can use registered drones to find and track deer they have wounded. If they are on private land, they must get permission from the property owner before using the drone. To do this legally, hunters must register their drones with both the state and the federal government.1
Read the official explanation
This bill allows a person with a valid hunting license and deer hunting license who wounds a deer while hunting to use a registered unmanned aerial vehicle to track and retrieve the wounded deer. The person may dispatch the deer using a legal method of take authorized by the person’s valid deer hunting license. The bill provides that a person may use a registered unmanned aerial vehicle to track a wounded deer on private property at any time with the consent of the property owner. Persons must register the unmanned aerial vehicle for wounded deer retrieval with the department of natural resources and the federal aviation administration. The natural resource commission (NRC) is directed to create a registration process that complies with the federal aviation administration’s regulations for unmanned aerial vehicles. The bill directs NRC to adopt rules to implement the bill’s provisions. A violation of the bill’s provisions is punishable by a scheduled fine of $250.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2024. On February 1, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§481A.56B
Amends§481A.125A§805.8B
Lobbying
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